Antispreading means for rails.



S. A. NELSON ANTISPREADING MEANS FOR RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 3, I916.

Patented July 11, 1916.

V ATTORNEY SWAN A. NELSON, OF TUNNELHILL, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTISPREADING MEANS FOR RAILS.

Specificatio trs Patent. P t ted July JUL, 1916.

Application filed January 3, 1916. Serial No. 69,963.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, SWAN A. NELsoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Tunnelhill, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antispreading Means for Rails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a guard means to prevent the spreading of railway rails.

A prime 'desideratum is to provide an article of this nature, which is simple in construction, capable of manufacture at low cost, and one which will prove efiicient and durable in use.

One specific object is to provide bolt or other fastening means adapted tobe fastened to the web or other suitable parts of the rail in combination with hook or other means to engage the base flange or equiva- -lent part of a ra1l.

Further I aim to provide a construction havirig the said bolt means pivoted to facilitate insertion of the bolt through an aperture or opening in the rail.

Still further I aim to form the device of a hook, in combination with a web-engaging bolt and a bridge bolt means all pivoted together as hereinafter set forth.

With the above andadditional objects such as will hereinafter appear, in view, the invention has been embodied in one preferred form as illustrated in the accompanying drawing hereinafter described.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation showing the improved anti-spreading means associated with a pair of rails shown in cross sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 is a top or plan view of the parts of Fig. 1 associated with ties shown fragmentarily.

Describing the invention in detail, and in connection with the said drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or similar parts, suitable ties are shown at 3 supporting rails 4: which have the usual vertical webs 5 below the treads 6 and rising from the base flanges 7. It is to be understood that these parts are merely diagrammatically shown to facilitate comprehension of the invention.

Referring now to my improved device, I employ anchors 8 adapted to bear against the under surfaces of the webs 7 and at one, end being provided with hooks 9 to overlap the said base flanges along their outer edges. At the ends opposite to hooks 9, the anchors terminate in eyelets 10. I also employ fastening bolts 11 for securing the anchors to the rails having eyelets 13 and further provide bridge bolts or other fastening elements at 12 which may be extensions of the anchors. Eyelets 10 and 13 are adapted to register and through the eyes of the eyelets, pivots 14.- are passed and secured. Bolts 11 terminate in screw threaded shanks 15 which project through and beyond openings 16 of the webs and beyond them receive nuts 17. Since bolts 11 are pivoted, the'openings 16 are suitably enlarged as shown in ig. 1 to permit their. passage through the webs 5. The inner ends of bolts 12 terminate in screw threaded shanks 18 on which a turn-buckle 19 rides and which is preferably provided with a wrench-engaging head 20. A set screw or the equivalent 21 may be mounted on the turn buckle so as to be screwed into frictional engagement with one of the shanks 18 to minimize the danger of loosening of the turn-buckle. I

In connecting the device to rails, the anchors 8 are first positioned with the books 9 overlapping'the base flanges 7 whereupon the pivoted bolts 11 are moved downwardly so as to pass through and beyond the openings 16 after which the nuts 17 are applied to shanks 15 and tightened to the desired degree. The set screw 21 may now be applied to the turnbuckle and tightened on bolt 12. If desired, the turn-buckle may initially be connected to the bolts 12, the anchors then applied to the rails and hooks 11,

nuts 17 and set screw 21 adjusted and fas tened.

It is to be understood that I have illustrated and described merely one embodiment of the invention, and that therefore changes in the details of construction may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with a rail, anti-spreading means therefor comprising an anchor, a bolt pivoted to the anchor, having a screw threaded portion, said rail being provided with an opening, said bolt being movable into and through said opening, and a nut to engage said bolt to complete its fastening to the rail. I

2. In combination with a rail, anti-spreading means therefor comprising an anchor,

a fastening mernben pivoted to the anchor, said rail being provided Withan opening enlarged to permit entrance of the fastening member therein through pivotal move- Witnesses LOUIS Bnoomnnne, A. S. HENRIGKSON. 

